SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Alteration of reserved legal activities
Consideration of the provisional report
13
1
The Board may make rules governing the making to the Board of oral and written representations in respect of provisional reports.
2
Rules under sub-paragraph (1) may (among other things) include—
a
provision about the time and place at which any oral representations are to be heard;
b
provision about the period within which any written representations are to be made.
3
The Board must exercise the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) to make provision—
a
enabling written representations and, so far as is reasonably practicable, oral representations to be made by affected practitioners, and
b
enabling written or oral representations to be made by bodies which represent affected practitioners.
4
An “affected practitioner” is a person carrying on the activity in respect of which the investigation is being held.
14
1
For the purpose of making a decision under paragraph 16(1)(a) or (b), the Board must, after publication of a provisional report, determine if and to what extent further evidence should be heard or received.
2
The Board may make rules governing the giving of such evidence.
3
Rules under sub-paragraph (2) may (among other things) include—
a
provision about the time and place at which any oral evidence is to be given;
b
provision about the period within which any written evidence is to be given.
15
The Board must, so far as is reasonably practicable, consider—
a
any written or oral representations made in accordance with rules to which paragraph 13(3) applies, and
b
any other representations made in accordance with rules under paragraph 13(1), and any written or oral evidence given in accordance with rules under paragraph 14(2), which the Board considers relevant.